Popular File Sharing Site The Pirate Bay Evades Authorities Again With Obscure Volcanic Island Domain

The Pirate Bay, one of the most popular sites for file
sharing, once again thwarted authorities trying to shut it
down.

After briefly disappearing because its Caribbean domain
name, thepiratebay.sx, was seized by authorities, the
site popped back into action on thepiratebay.ac,according
toThe Vergeand originally reported
byTorrent Freak.

The ".ac" is
the country code, top-level domain of an isolated volcanic island
almost 1,000 miles from the coast of Africa in the Atlantic
Ocean, called Ascension Island.

This is the fourth domain that The Pirate Bay has had to switch
to in 2013 to avoid being shut down for violating
copyright.

And the game of cat and mouse isn't over yet.

Sources from The Pirate Bay told Torrent Freak that because
Ascension Island has links to the UK, the site won't be safe for
long. It plans to use thepiratebay.ac only temporarily before
switching to the Peruvian ".pe". And, if that doesn't last, the
infamous torrent site assured Torrent Freak that it has dozens of
domain names on reserve.